Anthropological Perspectives On KinshipIn this volume Ladislav Holy considers the extent to which overridingly Western assumptions have guided anthropological studies of kinship. This is the first introductory text on the subject to consider changes in the conceptualisation of kinship brought about by new reproductive technologies and the growing interest in culturally specific notions of personhood and gender. Holy reveals a growing sensitivity on the part of anthropologists to individual ideas of personhood and gender, and encourages further critical reflection on cultural bias in approaches to the subject. Linking kinship with wider debates in anthropology and the social sciences in a lucid, jargon free study, Anthropological Perspectives on Kinship is an invaluable introduction to current practice for specialists and non-specialists alike. |
Contents
Kinship Descent and Marriage | 40 |
Lineage Theory | 71 |
Matrilineal | 102 |
Marriage and Alliance | 124 |
Universality of Kinship and the Current Practice | 143 |
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agnatic analytical ancestor anthropologists assumption avunculate basic biological birth bridewealth brothers cattle child citamangen co-residential group cognatic descent concept conceptualisation of kinship consanguinity cross-cousin culturally specific Daribi defined definition of kinship descent categories descent groups descent systems distinction domain economic emphasis ethnographic Evans-Pritchard exchange of women exogamy fact father female filiation formulated Fortes functions genealogical connections genealogical relations genitor Guinea household husband ideology incest incest taboo individuals kinship and descent kinship relations kinship system kinsmen Kwaio Lévi-Strauss lineage systems male marriage married matrilineal descent membership mother mukowa notion nuclear family Nuer one's organisation parents paternity patrilocal residence political polygyny principle procreation recognised relatedness relationship reproduction residence result ritual rule Scheffler Schneider segmentary lineage structure segments sexual siblings sister social relations social structure societies Strathern study of kinship tabinau Tallensi theory trace descent Trobriand Islanders unilineal descent unit village Western wife woman Yapese